Doesnt work over dialup - can we force greyscale mode?

[mjreine]

Hello,

I just got done trying to use SC over a dialup connection (56k) and the screen wont even repaint its so sloooow.

Is there any way that BY DEFAULT I could set my remote.exe so that it will broadcast in greyscale instead of 32bit color mode by default?

Even if I am supporting a user on broadband, grey scale would suffice easily and actually make the support session go faster.

How can I do this? Is there anything in HelpDesk.txt that could be put in there to give the remote.exe server a hint as to what video mode to start broadcasting in?

Thanks!

-Matt

[bevtech]

well I really quit trying to use Ultra VNC in a dail-up setting because of that specific problem.

SC winvnc is not the same .exe file as the winvnc.exe that is bundled in the ultravnc 1.01 download.

You can try this but not sure how it will work.

VNCviewer

VNCViewer supports numerous commandline parameters which allow for configuration of nearly every aspect of the viewer.

-help, -? or -h
Print a help message.
-listen [port]
Start the VNCviewer in listen mode. If port is specified, the viewer listens on that port instead of ???.
-restricted
???
-viewonly
Do not send local keyboard or mouse events to the remote computer.
-nostatus
Don't show the status window while connecting.
-nohotkeys
Do not enable hot keys (like CTRL+ALT+F9 for full screen mode etc.). Can be useful in case of conflict with other installed software hotkeys.
-notoolbar
Do not display the toolbar.
-autoscaling
Automatically scale the viewer window so that the remote screen fits at best your local screen size.
-fullscreen
Display viewer in full screen mode.
-noauto
Disable auto mode. Required for using the color options below or saving a custom configuration (otherwise the settings from quick options always override).
-8bit, -256colors, -64colors, -8colors, -8greycolors, -4greycolors, -2greycolors
Set the color depth. Fewer colors can significantly reduce the required bandwidth.
Note: Grey colors only work with 32 bits color screen resolution. 16 or 24 bits color resolutions just don't work with grey colors.

Source UltraVNC Commmandline parameters
http://doc.uvnc.com/install/cmdline.html


Another idea would be to compile your own exe using an offline compiler and place a copy of your winvnc.exe from the UltraVNC directory into the zip folder. This will make the SC exe bigger but my give you more options then you corrently have.. ( Not sure if it will work but I do not see a reason why)

Just some ideas and I do hope they help,

[redge]

modifiy your vncviewer listening properties

1. connected sucessfully to an SC server, then...modifiy option of your vnc viewer
Save connection info as... (Hotkey CTRL+ALT+F5)
Save the options and settings of the active connection in a file.

example:
filename.vnc put in the folder of your vncviewer


2. modify your vncviewer listening shortcut or create new name.
target: "%programfiles%\UltraVNC\vncviewer.exe" -listen 5500 -config filename.vnc -noauto -8greycolors
Start in: "%programfiles\UltraVNC%